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Barking Owl Surveys

Barking Owl Surveys

Barking Owls (Ninox connivens) inhabit open woodland forest habitats where forests adjoin farmlands.   Wombat Forestcare member, Trevor Speirs located a pair of...

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Mountain Skink surveys

Mountain Skink surveys

In 2002, it was established that White’s Skink (Liopholis whitii) was three separate species - White’s Skink (Liopholis whitii), Guthega skink (Liopholis guthega) and...

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Rare plant searches

Rare plant searches

In 2009, Wombat Forestcare developed a project based around locating rare and threatened plant species in the Wombat Forest. Biodiversity officers in Department of...

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Greater Glider surveys

Greater Glider surveys

The Wombat State Forest contains the most westerly population of the endangered Greater Glider, which mainly inhabit the tall hollow-bearing trees along the creek lines...

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Powerful Owl surveys

Powerful Owl surveys

Australia’s largest owl, the Powerful Owl is found in the Wombat Forest. They are winter breeders and use large hollows in old eucalypt species for breeding. Wombat...

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Motion-sensing Camera Project

Motion-sensing Camera Project

Wombat Forestcare has established two motion-sensing camera projects, each project deploys five cameras. One project covers the Wombat State Forest and surrounding...

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